Damn it, I´ve just missed the Hay Festival Segovia. Instead of opening another can of Tennant´s Special Brew and playing my favorite Gerry Rafferty album, I could have been in sunny Spain attending its “leading festival of ideas”.
For a mere couple of hundred euros, I could have enjoyed conversations with writers like Valeria Luiselli, Inua Ellams, Soledad Puertolas and Fernando Aramburu, sociologist Sannaa El Aji or philosopher Fermamdo Savater. Sad as it was not to hear these great minds, I am particularly upset about missing Suzy Amis Cameron. In case you have never heard of her, Suzy is the wife of James Cameron, director of myriad crappy films like ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’. Although her husband is one of the most hyped-up celebs of modern times, she is obviously a talented person in her own right and a role model to the rest of us as you will see if you read on:
“Environmentalist Suzy Amis Cameron defines herself as a former actress and model, and mother of five children, who is dedicated to promoting all kinds of initiatives to combat climate change, among them Red Carpet Green Dress, which champions high-end sustainable fashion. She works with her husband, Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron (director of Titanic), on many philanthropic initiatives. Together they founded the Plant Power Task Force, which promotes plant-based food solutions for climate change, and Cameron Family Farms and Food Forest Organics. A vegan philanthropist, Amis Cameron turned to her sister Rebecca Amis to establish MUSE School Amis, the first school in the USA that offers only plant-based foods. She talks with Juan López de Uralde, founder of the Green Equo party and director of Greenpeace in Spain. In 2010, López de Uralde published El planeta de los estúpidos: Propuestas para salir del estercolero (‘The Planet for Morons: Ways to get out of the dungpile’).”
Poor vegan philanthropist Suzy, imagine having to share a planet and live on a dungpile with morons like the rest of us!
Nominated by Mr Polly